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Matecna: Bark Beetles Decimating High Tatra Forests

Matecna: Bark Beetles Decimating High Tatra Forests

High Tatras, August 30 (TASR) – Precious forests are dying out in the High Tatra Mountains due to an extreme outbreak of bark beetle related back to the November 2004 windstorm, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna stated on Tuesday. Matecna warned that the decline of forests – not only those

Fruit Growers: We Need State Help Before It's Too Late

Fruit Growers: We Need State Help Before It's Too Late

Sobrance, August 23 (TASR) – Slovak fruit growers are asking the state for financial aid before it’s too late and they’re unable to hire back people they’ve dismissed in response to the devastating late-April frost, TASR learnt on Tuesday. “[Fruit growers] had been set to expect incomes from

Report: Wood Reserves in Slovakia Rising Due to High Age of Forests

Report: Wood Reserves in Slovakia Rising Due to High Age of Forests

Bratislava, August 21 (TASR) – Overall reserves of wood, as well as wood reserves per hectare of forest land have increased in Slovakia, an Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry report for 2015 has revealed. “The ongoing increase in wood reserves is mainly due to a higher than normal representation of relatively

Fico: Harvest Will Be Record One, But Price of Bread Might Not Drop

Fico: Harvest Will Be Record One, But Price of Bread Might Not Drop

Nitra, August 18 (TASR) – Around 500 exhibitors have gathered for the 43rd annual Agrokomplex agriculture and food fair (August 18-21) at the complex of the same name in Nitra that was officially opened by President Andrej Kiska, Prime Minister Robert Fico and Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko on Thursday. The top